Angels, Weaver Set For Wednesday Hearing

The Angels and right-hander Jered Weaver are scheduled to have their arbitration hearing on Wednesday, blogs Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times.

The Halos' and Weaver's arbitration hearing would be the second of the 2010-11 offseason after the Pirates and Ross Ohlendorfgot that ball rolling on Tuesday, although the sides could still avoid the hearing by settling beforehand. Weaver is seeking $8.80MM, while the Angels are offering $7.37MM, rendering a midpoint of $8.08MM, as shown on our Arbitration Tracker.

Weaver, coming off a fine 2010 in which he posted a 3.01 ERA with a 9.3 K/9 and 2.2 BB/9, is in his second year of arbitration eligibility. A first-round draft pick in 2004, Weaver, 28, is represented by Scott Boras.

Weaver has been steadily improving and moving closer to being an ace, I fail to see how Boras will feel the need to be “reasonable.” Of course I’m guessing you and he have different meanings of the word “reasonable,” his being getting the most possible money for his client.

I think he has shown enough, he has been effective since he got into the league. He has pitched well in the playoffs and his K’s are getting better every season. Even if he comes down some from last season he is still a #1.

Huh, a 3.01 ERA, which was under 3 most of the year, league-leading strikeouts and having his number constantly called upon to stop losing streaks, pitch in 1-2 run games, and handle monster-lineups like Red Sox and Rangers don’t make an ace anymore?

He’s not a good agent, he’s a GREAT agent. Anybody who can get Oliver Perez $36 million dollars and Kyle Lohse $41 million is unreal. I’m not even making a dent in his resume of people he’s gotten money for who didn’t deserve it.

jered weaver is exciting to watch pitch. he has grown into a nice young ace for that team. cheap too. i hope he becomes an anchor in that rotation for a long time. with all the things going wrong in that organization, i’m glad he is going right.

extending Jered Weaver in a 4 year deal I feel makes sense for both sides. I want to say 4 yr $48 million should get it done. For the Angels you keep your homegrown potential ace in the rotation for 2 FA years while your prospects develop. For Jered he gets almost $50m gaurenteed with only 1 really strong Ace caliber season under his belt(I would take it).

As for Weaver, He becomes a free agent in 2015 when he will be 32. The same age Cliff Lee just signed his gigantic contract and could’ve gotten a 7 yr deal. he chose the 5 yr with an obvious vesting option for a 6th. Same age Jayson Werth, another Scott Boras agent got his 7 yr deal. If Jered pitches like the Ace he is in those 4 years with his home team Angels, I feel he can get over $20 mil per in a 7 yr contract.

This would make so much sense for both sides, and if it doesn’t get done then there is obviously something I am missing.